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Err Nvq Level 3 in Childcare and Education
Candidate name: Rebecca Aris
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Task A
Ai) To update my staff handbook, so that it reflects the current employment law, I can utilise the following sources to enable me to do this: www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/index.htm The Employer's Handbook 2012-13: An Essential Guide to Employment Law, Personnel
Employment rights act 1996

Aii) a) These are just a few, of many, aspects of employment covered by law:
Holiday entitlement.
Statutory maternity pay (SMP)
Statutory sick pay (SSP).

b) There are three main features of current employment legislation:
Employment Rights Act 1996 - It deals with rights can get when at work including unfair dismissal, reasonable dismissal notice, redundancy and more.
Equalities and Discrimination Law 2010 - The purpose of this act is codify the complicated and numerous acts and regulations such as equal pay for men, women, people with disabilities and more,
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - The Act lays down general principles for the management of health and safety at work, enabling employers and employees to meet specific requirement through regulations.

AiiI) The list of reasons of why employment law exists is extensive, but not exhaustive. To give it a brief definition, it is to “prevent exploitation of employees by the employer”. It minimises unfairness throughout the work place for all parties involved and covers a plethora of areas, ranging from providing employees with minimum wage guidelines to not discriminating against personnel for their ethnicity or any other reason.

Bi) The company will hold personal data from the employee such as details of a criminal record and medical data. The company will ensure that this data will be held securely in personnel files and will not disclose this information to others outside of the operations, except in a medical emergency.

The company may need some information such as age, sex, race, religion, and any disability for

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